Yeah, I think those are tests. They are weird as fuck though...
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by Meadowfields » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:04 pm
The Republic of Meadowfields
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Overview | Politics | Religion | TriviaNews ✉ | Faceless bodies found of disappeared people along the Meadowfieldian-Kyurtese border; both countries activate state of emergency | Cleanup underway as Uxbrigh floods finish, with a total death toll of 6,349 | Fascist Bourlounge initiates mass bombing of Bugaria as Bugarian forces close in on its northern islands | Planes carrying refugees from Ashbrid fearing freeze arrive in Goofariask and Meadowfields City | Weather ☀ | Meadowfields City ⛅ -3°/-9°C | Ashbrid ❄ -69°/-78°C | Teshig ☀ 20°/13°C | Goofariask ⛅ -1°/-5°C | Orkhusgol ☔ 17°/10°C |Proud degenerate leftist
Feeling better today :)
Won't tell you my age or other details, cope
If only pings worked on the forums :(

by Gandoor » Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:53 pm

by Meadowfields » Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:38 pm
Gandoor wrote:Meadowfields wrote:Yeah, I think those are tests. They are weird as fuck though...
No, they're not tests.
They're just deleted posts that, for one reason or another, still show in the forums, but since they no longer have any information associated with them, they just default to being posted by 'Guest' at a posting time of 1 January 1970 00:00 UTC (AKA the start of the Unix time).
The Republic of Meadowfields
Nous nous relèverons des larmes du passé
Overview | Politics | Religion | TriviaNews ✉ | Faceless bodies found of disappeared people along the Meadowfieldian-Kyurtese border; both countries activate state of emergency | Cleanup underway as Uxbrigh floods finish, with a total death toll of 6,349 | Fascist Bourlounge initiates mass bombing of Bugaria as Bugarian forces close in on its northern islands | Planes carrying refugees from Ashbrid fearing freeze arrive in Goofariask and Meadowfields City | Weather ☀ | Meadowfields City ⛅ -3°/-9°C | Ashbrid ❄ -69°/-78°C | Teshig ☀ 20°/13°C | Goofariask ⛅ -1°/-5°C | Orkhusgol ☔ 17°/10°C |Proud degenerate leftist
Feeling better today :)
Won't tell you my age or other details, cope
If only pings worked on the forums :(

by Meadowfields » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:21 pm
The Republic of Meadowfields
Nous nous relèverons des larmes du passé
Overview | Politics | Religion | TriviaNews ✉ | Faceless bodies found of disappeared people along the Meadowfieldian-Kyurtese border; both countries activate state of emergency | Cleanup underway as Uxbrigh floods finish, with a total death toll of 6,349 | Fascist Bourlounge initiates mass bombing of Bugaria as Bugarian forces close in on its northern islands | Planes carrying refugees from Ashbrid fearing freeze arrive in Goofariask and Meadowfields City | Weather ☀ | Meadowfields City ⛅ -3°/-9°C | Ashbrid ❄ -69°/-78°C | Teshig ☀ 20°/13°C | Goofariask ⛅ -1°/-5°C | Orkhusgol ☔ 17°/10°C |Proud degenerate leftist
Feeling better today :)
Won't tell you my age or other details, cope
If only pings worked on the forums :(

by Gandoor » Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:16 pm
Meadowfields wrote:"Most users ever online was 590 on Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:55 pm"
What happened that day...

by Meadowfields » Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:17 pm
The Republic of Meadowfields
Nous nous relèverons des larmes du passé
Overview | Politics | Religion | TriviaNews ✉ | Faceless bodies found of disappeared people along the Meadowfieldian-Kyurtese border; both countries activate state of emergency | Cleanup underway as Uxbrigh floods finish, with a total death toll of 6,349 | Fascist Bourlounge initiates mass bombing of Bugaria as Bugarian forces close in on its northern islands | Planes carrying refugees from Ashbrid fearing freeze arrive in Goofariask and Meadowfields City | Weather ☀ | Meadowfields City ⛅ -3°/-9°C | Ashbrid ❄ -69°/-78°C | Teshig ☀ 20°/13°C | Goofariask ⛅ -1°/-5°C | Orkhusgol ☔ 17°/10°C |Proud degenerate leftist
Feeling better today :)
Won't tell you my age or other details, cope
If only pings worked on the forums :(

by Gandoor » Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:19 pm

by Aionios Rhomania » Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:52 pm
☨ Factbook - Empire of the Romans ♦ Year: 1475 ♦ Leader: Basileús Autokrátōr Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos ♦ Government: Bureaucratic Republican Absolute Monarchy ☨
☨ Canon Name: Rhōmāníā (Land of the Romans) ♦ Venetia delenda est ☨

by Broader Confederate States » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:33 pm

by Aionios Rhomania » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:45 pm
Broader Confederate States wrote:Here's a time-tested cliché: infodumping. It's one I'm struggling with right now as I try to update BCS to 2022 standards. How do I make it not suck? I want to provide plenty of backstory, but I want to draw people in while still providing a myriad of angles and a diverse palette of problems for my future states to split over.
Especially for those who don't use NationStates -- I'm trying to adapt BCS' rewrite into an anthology about the history of, and life in, North America circa 100 years from today but Book I Chapter 1 is turning out to be a snore, with four minutes of agonizingly dull recounting facts the reader will be well acquainted with if they're interested in this kind of thing.
☨ Factbook - Empire of the Romans ♦ Year: 1475 ♦ Leader: Basileús Autokrátōr Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos ♦ Government: Bureaucratic Republican Absolute Monarchy ☨
☨ Canon Name: Rhōmāníā (Land of the Romans) ♦ Venetia delenda est ☨

by Gothian Crimea » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:53 pm
Kathol Rift wrote:-snip-

by Gothian Crimea » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:54 pm
Broader Confederate States wrote:Here's a time-tested cliché: infodumping. It's one I'm struggling with right now as I try to update BCS to 2022 standards. How do I make it not suck? I want to provide plenty of backstory, but I want to draw people in while still providing a myriad of angles and a diverse palette of problems for my future states to split over.
Especially for those who don't use NationStates -- I'm trying to adapt BCS' rewrite into an anthology about the history of, and life in, North America circa 100 years from today but Book I Chapter 1 is turning out to be a snore, with four minutes of agonizingly dull recounting facts the reader will be well acquainted with if they're interested in this kind of thing.

by Gandoor » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:57 pm

by Gothian Crimea » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:58 pm
Gandoor wrote:GIF flags used to have to be teeny tiny on this site.

by Gandoor » Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:00 pm

by Broader Confederate States » Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:01 pm
Aionios Rhomania wrote:Broader Confederate States wrote:Here's a time-tested cliché: infodumping. It's one I'm struggling with right now as I try to update BCS to 2022 standards. How do I make it not suck? I want to provide plenty of backstory, but I want to draw people in while still providing a myriad of angles and a diverse palette of problems for my future states to split over.
Especially for those who don't use NationStates -- I'm trying to adapt BCS' rewrite into an anthology about the history of, and life in, North America circa 100 years from today but Book I Chapter 1 is turning out to be a snore, with four minutes of agonizingly dull recounting facts the reader will be well acquainted with if they're interested in this kind of thing.
Had you try to make a narrative with it?
Add bits and pieces that make it sound like a biased source trying to add their own flair?

by Malaiya Union » Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:07 pm
Broader Confederate States wrote:Here's a time-tested cliché: infodumping. It's one I'm struggling with right now as I try to update BCS to 2022 standards. How do I make it not suck? I want to provide plenty of backstory, but I want to draw people in while still providing a myriad of angles and a diverse palette of problems for my future states to split over.
Especially for those who don't use NationStates -- I'm trying to adapt BCS' rewrite into an anthology about the history of, and life in, North America circa 100 years from today but Book I Chapter 1 is turning out to be a snore, with four minutes of agonizingly dull recounting facts the reader will be well acquainted with if they're interested in this kind of thing.

by Malaiya Union » Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:10 pm
Malaiya Union wrote:Broader Confederate States wrote:Here's a time-tested cliché: infodumping. It's one I'm struggling with right now as I try to update BCS to 2022 standards. How do I make it not suck? I want to provide plenty of backstory, but I want to draw people in while still providing a myriad of angles and a diverse palette of problems for my future states to split over.
Especially for those who don't use NationStates -- I'm trying to adapt BCS' rewrite into an anthology about the history of, and life in, North America circa 100 years from today but Book I Chapter 1 is turning out to be a snore, with four minutes of agonizingly dull recounting facts the reader will be well acquainted with if they're interested in this kind of thing.
Biased narrative, big images that explains, general conclusion on the top area, and perhaps a little bit of controversial opening like my Afrikan Staat project.

by Drongonia » Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:24 am
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Cavirfi wrote:It's nice to see someone who acts as an RP Census Man. Where is measuring statistics when we need it?

by Drongonia » Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:33 am
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Cavirfi wrote:It's nice to see someone who acts as an RP Census Man. Where is measuring statistics when we need it?

by Gandoor » Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:35 am
Drongonia wrote:An annoying cliche (although niche)
Most nation names corresponding to irl nations, or at least ones I'd like to use (Scotland, Australia, New Zealand and more) are "ancient" and permanently used by people who haven't logged on for years. I'd genuinely like to take, for example, New Zealand, and try to make both a factbook recreation of the government's website and a canon which is an alt-reality but still realistic version of the country.
Very niche I know, but still annoying and fairly commonplace within the "realistic MT nation" niche

by Gandoor » Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:36 am
Drongonia wrote:Cliche above

by Frisemark » Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:36 am
BREAKING NEWS: Top Gun Maverick kicks ass. Go see it.

by Drongonia » Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:38 am
Frisemark wrote:Ignore the troll above. I already made a report, mod action will come eventually.
Cliche of people's nation having dogshit tier public transport and very car-dependent infrastructure.
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Cavirfi wrote:It's nice to see someone who acts as an RP Census Man. Where is measuring statistics when we need it?
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